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Ep96: [The Best] of the Indian Startup Show - Part 6


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Sit back & enjoy some of the best bits of The Indian Startup Show Part 6. But First I would like to pay tribute to everyone listening and subscribing to show for the past two years. Without you, this podcast would not have been possible! Over 420,000 total downloads so far. so I’m very grateful. Today you will hear from:

Shruti Gandhi, the managing partner at Array Ventures. a VC firm based in the U.S. focus on solving impactful problems using revolutionary technology. In this conversation we talk about:

  • Stats
  • What she looks for when investing
  • Whats Silicon Valley really like?
  • Meeting awesome people
  • Fear of missing out
  • Vitamins V Painkillers!
  • What first-time founders should be focusing on?
  • Career highlights
  • The importance of using your gut instinct
  • Machine learning
  • Favourite startups
  • Ashwin Damera Co-Founder of EMERITUS an Edtech start-up. They are making Ivy League education accessible to the world. In this conversation, we also talk about:

    • Stats
    • Dealing with competition
    • Amazing two years spent at Harvard University
    • Filling the talent gap
    • Size of the market
    • Raising Captial - its all about timing!
    • The 5-year plan
    • Great book recommendation - Founders dilemma
    • Leadership and Management
    • His Background
    • Startup challenges
    • The main trait entrepreneurs should have
    • Being paranoid is important!
    • Nitin Sood - Co-founder of Happy Shappy an online platform to make Indian weddings a little bit easier!.

      In this conversation we talk about:

      • Stats
      • What Nitin looks for when hiring staff
      • The vision of the company
      • Features and benefits of the platform.
      • interesting pre-launch strategy
      • The hardest part about building this business
      • Key takeaways so far in the journey
      • Organizing a wedding at an orphanage
      • How the startup makes money
      • Tips on organizing an Indian wedding
      • The importance of the Indian wedding
      • Reaction to friends and family to starting this business.
      • And finally, we hear from Prashanto Das - Co-founder of Ping Network. PING is India’s largest studio multi-channel network creating original engaging video content across genres of food, music, entertainment, lifestyle, gaming.

        In this conversation we also talk about:

        • Stats
        • 3.8 Billion videos are being consumed in India every month!
        • 6 months of applied state of nothingness
        • Building UTV & Times Now
        • His very own Jerry Maguire moment!
        • Life as a hardcore creative
        • The most surprising thing he has learned about his crazy roller coaster journey so far.
        • being an enabler
        • Doing too many things but doing nothing
        • being frugal
        • Tips on negotiating
        • Handling rejection.
        • Finding talented creative people
        • What do you build first the horse or the cart?
        • Advice on dealing with setbacks,
        • Favourite TV shows - Dexter
        • How you can start your own YouTube channel! - Tell a good story
        • Persistence
        • P.S

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